Soup Ingredients to Avoid on the Paleo Diet

You’re giving yourself more of what you need if you use Paleo soup recipes instead of buying ready-to-eat soups or broths at the grocery store. But if you find yourself in a situation where you have to buy ready-made soup or broth, you can still ensure that you’re getting the best ingredients and none of the bad stuff.

Most canned soups contain gluten, preservatives, monosodium glutamate (MSG), and high sodium levels. Be extra careful to check labels and watch for sneaky names for wheat/gluten or MSG that often find their way into the broths:

Sneaky names for wheat and gluten: If the following ingredients appear on a label, the food may contain wheat and/or gluten:

Artificial flavoring

Bleached flour

Caramel color

Dextrin

Flavorings

Hydrolyzed plant protein (HPP)

Hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP)

Hydrolyzed wheat protein

Hydrolyzed wheat starch

Malt

Maltodextrin

Modified food starch

Natural flavoring

Seasonings

Soy sauce

Vegetable protein

Vegetable starch

Wheat germ oil

Wheat grass

Wheat protein

Wheat starch

Sneaky names for MSG: If the following ingredients appear on a label, the food contains MSG:

Any “flavors” or “flavoring”

Any hydrolyzed protein

Anything hydrolyzed

Anything ultra-pasteurized

Autolyzed yeast

Barley malt

Calcium caseinate

Calcium glutamate

Carrageenan

Citrate

Citric acid

Gelatin

Glutamate

Glutamic acid

Magnesium glutamate

Malt extract

Maltodextrin

Monoammonium glutamate

Monopotassium glutamate

Monosodium glutamate

Natrium glutamate

Pectin

Protease

Sodium caseinate

Soy protein

Soy protein concentrate

Soy protein isolate

Soy sauce

Soy sauce extract

Textured protein

Whey protein

Whey protein isolate

Yeast extract

Yeast food

Yeast nutrient

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